Colonic motility subserves large bowel functions, including absorption, storage, propulsion and defaecation. Colonic motor dysfunction remains the leading hypothesis to explain symptom generation in ...

Glycerin as a second-line stimulant in pediatric colonic manometry induces high‐amplitude propagating contractions more effectively than bisacodyl alone. Pediatric patients who receive glycerin as a ...

High-resolution colonic manometry (HRCM) provides new insights revealing co-ordinated and often retrograde-moving patterns of colonic contraction—‘the cyclic motor pattern’ (CMP) particularly in the ...

The clinical significance of colorectal sensorimotor evaluation in patients with slow transit constipation (STC) is unclear. We investigated whether colonic manometric evaluation is useful for ...

Abnormal colonic motility may be associated with dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Our aim was to evaluate if associations between colonic motor patterns and autonomic neural activity ...

Introduction: Anorectal physiology tests are indicated for patients who have refractory symptoms of constipation, but the best sequence of investigation remains controversial. Objective: To evaluate ...

The following is a summary of “Effect of Caffeine on Colonic Manometry in Children,” published in the January 2023 issue of Gastroenterology and Nutrition by Mehta, et al. For many years, people have ...

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Children with functional constipation often report that they do not feel the urge to defecate. A recent study has used colonic manometry to show that these children are aware of the urge to defecate, ...